How were buckets and barrels handmade in the late 1700s? Marshall Scheetz, a colonial cooper or barrel maker, demonstrates the era’s tools and traditional building methods in this how-it’s-made video from President George Washington‘s historic Mount Vernon residence. Watch how Scheetz shapes the wood staves and then stacks them expertly...
How were buckets and barrels handmade in the late 1700s? Marshall Scheetz, a colonial cooper or barrel maker, demonstrates the era’s tools and traditional building methods in this how-it’s-made video from President George Washington‘s historic Mount Vernon residence. Watch how Scheetz shapes the wood staves and then stacks them expertly...